New York Islanders vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Sunday, December 13, 1981 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the New York Islanders 4–3 on Sunday, December 13, 1981 at Northlands Coliseum.
Goals came from Mike McEwen, Dave Lumley, Bobby Nystrom, Dave Semenko, Paul Coffey, John Tonelli and Wayne Gretzky.
Grant Fuhr made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Billy Smith stopped 26 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Mike McEwen (2)John Tonelli (15), Bobby Nystrom (12)1–001:34 NYI
Dave Lumley (14)Wayne Gretzky (44), Doug Hicks (14)1–111:29 EDM
2nd period
Bobby Nystrom (8)Unassisted2–102:31 NYI
Dave Semenko (6)Wayne Gretzky (45), Lee Fogolin (15)2–203:18 EDM
Paul Coffey (16)Wayne Gretzky (46), Risto Siltanen (26)2–309:55 EDM · 
John Tonelli (10)Bobby Nystrom (13), Wayne Merrick (12)3–310:32 NYI
3rd period
Wayne Gretzky (33)Dave Lumley (14), Lee Fogolin (16)3–418:58 EDM
Team stats
NYIEDM
3030
0%0%
0/31/2
68
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:18 into the first period
Stefan Persson · tripping2 min - 16:07 into the first period
Lee Fogolin · holding2 min - 19:04 into the first periodDave Lumley · charging2 min
- 19:04 into the first periodKen Morrow · roughing2 min
- 9:28 into the second periodTomas Jonsson · holding2 min
- 17:48 into the second periodDave Semenko · holding2 min
- 8:03 into the third periodMike Forbes · holding2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 23Bobby NystromR | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Hector MariniR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | L | 30 | 4 | .867 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 10Matti HagmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat HughesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 77Garry UngerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike ForbesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Grant FuhrG | W | 30 | 3 | .900 |
| 30Ron LowG | 0 | 0 | – |